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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22
They Rented the House.

at seems to me, said the man who
was looking for a house." that this
building is altogether too close TO the
railroad. / don't want to be walked
up at all hours of the night by thun-
dering freight train or the screech Of
every engine that passes.
cit may be little close to the cars,
Mr.. JONES'" replied the owner Of the
building, "but it is in a good neighbor-
hood and well lighted. These build
ings on the sides hardly interfere with
the light at all You can see straight
through Mrs De Browns house on the
east and the kitchen of Mrs Swymper's 5
on the west. Then the pantry has
nineteen shelves, and"
II think we had better take it, Mr..
JONES' said Mrs. Jones. decidedly
Chicago Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE Land and Labor
Club No. 1, Of Chicago, met last evening
at the Grand Pacific ii otel The entire
evening was devoted to the consideration
Of DR.. McGIynn, and almost every mem
Der present desired to express his con-
demnation of Archbishop Corrigan and
the action OF the Propaganda in relation
70 the new leader Of the land crusade. II
was decided to appoint a committee 10
draft a series Of resolutions expressing
the feelings Of the club in regard 70 this
action, and TO con gratuIate DIR. McGlynn
upon the brave ard manly stand be hes
taken during the tintire controversy. The
announcement wiGs made that DIR, 10
Glynn was going 10 Europe.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22
Starvation in Idheria.

COLUMBIA, s. c., auly 16.--Letters are
frequently received here from many of
the colored people who emf grated from
this State to Liberia several years ago, in
which woeful tales are told of their con
dition ia that country. A few days ago a
co1ored tenant on John d. Tyler's planta-
tion in Lancaster County, received a let
ter from one Of his kinsmen, an intelli-
gent negro, who went to Liberia in the
Azor, in which he pleads for means to re-
turn to South Carolina. He says that he
and his companions will enter into solemn
obligations to work the balance of their
days for any person who viii pay their
passage back to this country.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22

An ancient omen says that ''if two
marriages are celebrated simultaneous
~, one Of the husbands viii die " This
omen is no doubt verified ia every in
stances but we are prepared to believe
that the other husband will die. too,
if he lives long enough. h.-Norrfstown
Herald.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22
"A perfect galvanic battery exists !

-Aperfect galvanic battery exists in
the person Of St. Louis man. who was
recently struck by lightning He can
impart the current to those coming in
contact with him, and he is affected
with violent spasms. He is now look
ing for a situation as a ''bouncer. -
Ne1g Haregz Nesys
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-07-22

-Estelline. d. T.. feels proud be-
cause the running expenses Of tho
town were only forty-eight dollars last
year,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01
SHE.

The more we study She the more
we don't understand how it is She
is able to twist us around her little
finger whenever She feels like it..
But she is.
For whom is it that in childhood's
happy days we fight with a boy
three sizes larger than ourselves,
and get so severely punished that
we can't sit up for a week? Why,
She-and She only laughs at us for
our pains.
Who is it that devours all our
spare change in the shape of cara
mels, and calls for more-and gets
them, too? She.
For whom do we linger at stage
doors with $40 bouquets, to pur-
chase which we have to endure a
fortnight's martyrdom at free-lunch
counters? She.
Who is it that at the railroad
restaurant deals out the soul-de-
stroying sandwich and the death
dealing dough-nut? 'Tis She every
time. If it were He we would slay
him on the spot and glory in the
deed.
Who accepts our hard-earned
gold on the pretense of being a
first-class cook, and then broils our
steak in frying-pun and boils our
coffee an hour? She.
Who is it that accepts our thea
ter tickets, our $8 suppers, our
bouquets and our devotion, and
then goes off and marries another
fellow? She, and for this we ought
to forgive her good deal.
Who, We ask, is it that when We
employ her as typewriter spells
summer with one m and February
with only one r, and yet escapes
without censure? 1t is She. All
yes 4! It is She.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01
A STITCH IN TINE.

"How do l keep my trousers from
bagging at the knees?" echoed an old
man who had served many years
in the British navy, in response to
a New York Sun reporters ques-
ton. "Why, that's one of the sim
plcst things in the world if man
only knows how, and will put him
self to little trouble at first. Jack
Tar's trousers, as you know, are
very close reefed and built snug
and taut all the way down until
near the bottom, where they are
given full sail and spread them
selves we'll over the boots. They
are the very kind that are apt to
bag at the knee SO one of the first
things the young landlubber is
taught is how to wear them. No
doubt you have otter heard Of. the
sailor taking a hich in his trousers
every time he sits down, and no
doubt you thought he did it merely
as sort of introduction to the
yarn he was about to spin. Yes,
few people would imagine that the
hitch is what keeps the trousers
straight; but just think moment
and you will recollect that they
fit very tight around the knee, and
whenever you sit down and poke
out your knee you stretch the cloth.
That's what makes the bagging
when you sit down. You leave
plenty of slack for the knees to
play in and your clothes will wear
out before they will bag. After
taking the hitch few times it will
become an almost second nature to
you, and you will do it uncon-
sciously every time yon sit down.
The hitch may be simple, but it's
worth more to a man than one OF
those patent s. trousers stretchers.
AS for the coat, not one in dozen
knows how to button it so that it
will set we'll. The proper way is to
begin at the bottom bottom and ago
up. Not day passes but l had
to laugh at people who say they
are going to button their coats up
and then calmly proceed to button
them down"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01

August Spies is a native of
Friedewald, in the Province of
Hesse, Germany, and is thirty-two
years old. He was we'll educated
by private tutors and at the Poly
technic Institute. Coming to Amer
lea at the age of sixteen he worked
at various trades in Chicago until
1880, when he became editor of the
Arbeiter Zeitung.
George Engel was born in Kassel,
Hesse, Germany, in 1889. He came
to Chicago in 1872, where he
worked as a painter until in the
spring of 1880 he became business
manager of the Arbeiter Zeitung,
and later its associate editor.
Samuel Fielden lived in Man.
chester, England, where he was
born in 1S47, and was employed in
q cotton-mill until his eighteenth
year. Then he joined the Method
list Episcopal church and became a
preacher. After coming to the
United States in 1866 he spent
three years in Cleveland, thence
coming to Chicago, where he has
since resided. He is tcamster by
occupation.
Alfred X. Parsons is an Ameri-
can, born in Texas, where he lived
most of the time till he came to
Chicago fourteen years ago. In
Chicago he was always labor agi-
tator, as was also his wife.
Adolph Fisher is not yet thirty
years old and has been in this
country fifteen years. He was en-
ployed as a printer on the Arbeiter
Zeitung at the time of his arrest.
He has a wife and two small
children.
Michael Schwab is a Bavarian,
thirty-four years Of age. He was
we'll educated. While working at
the trade Of bookbinder he became
a Socialist. He came to America
fin 1879, and after spending couple
of years in Milwaukee came to
Chicago and became an editorial
writer on the Arbeiter Zeitung.
Louis Ling is twenty-three years
of age and has been in America
three years. He was born in Baden,
Germany, where he received a COM
mon school education. He came
direct to Chicago from the old
country and at once became an
Anarchist,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01
THE SOUTHERN GIRL.

White Sulphur Springs Letter:
The southern girl is type peculiar
to the soil. She resemb es no other
young lady in the country. In
thought, manner and methods she
has a distinct personality, and
could be picked out with ease in
multitude. AS rule she is slender
and strong. She is reasonably well
modelled, a tendency to tight lacing
among the traditions of her people
having had its natural effect to
some extent upon her figure. She
is generally good looking, and is,
as a rule, high spirited and some
what self-willed. She is harder to
control than the northern girl, and
when she makes up her mind to get
married, and the old people object,
she usually carries out the pro-
gramme if it takes saddie-horse
and a railroad train to accomplish
it. None the less, however, she is
unusually shrewd i'm determining
her choice and does not usually
make mistakes. She reads men
cleverly, and is herself somewhat
difficult to read.
The southern girls particular
speciality is dancing. She can dance
every dance under the sun, including
all the tie-ups, kicks and running
races which have been invented by
the dancing master since dancing
was taken from the polite arts and
raised to a place among athletic
sports. She is the most graceful
of dancers, and would rather dance
than eat. The office of chaperon
seems to be a purely perfunctory
one, for the southern girl knows
her world and needs nobody to
guard her. At all events, the chap
eron unusually keeps discreetly out
of the way, and her charge is al
lowed the most perfect freedom.
This freedom she utilizes in the
most enjoyable manner and with
the wisest discretion. In fact, the
southern girl is most clear-headed
as well as companionable young
person, and takes all the uncOm-
mon events of life, from torn
dress while dancing to a proposal
of marriage, with GOODNESS border
ing on ice cream.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01

Our pantry is next to our kitchen
where Margaret received the visits
of her Mickey. One evening l went
down to the pantry for something,
and while there was an involuntary
eaves-dropper on poor Margaret.
She had canfded to me only q few
davs before that shortly after Lent
we would have to look out for q
new girl, and consequently received
Mickey with more goodwill than
before he had declared his inten-
tentions, although we were sorry to
think we would lose Margaret. On
the evening in question Mickey was
in the kitchen where Margaret was
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01
The French Giving Up Smoking.

The growing virture ofthe French
in the matter of tobacco smoking
bids fair to create yet another diff
Guilty in the arduous task of balanc-
ing the budget of the republic. 1t
appears that the tax on this pleas
ant vice produced last year 6,OOO,-
600 francs less than in the year
1885. The theory has been broached
that as men get on in life they
smoke less, for the reason that they
gradually become so saturated with
nicotine that they cannot hold any
more. This would not, however,
explain the diminution, seeing that
the place of old men is taken up
by the rising generation. So the
theory is pushed still further, and
it is argued that, as the process OF
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01
Rice Throwing at Weddings.
Chinese Times.

In the days of the Shang dynasty,
some 1900 years before Christ, there
lived in the province of Shansi a
most famous sOrcerer called ChaO.
1t happened one day that a MIR.
P'ang came to consult the oracle,
and Chao, having OWNED by means
of tortoise diagram, informed the
trembling P'ang that he had but
six days to live. Now, however,
much we may trust the sagacity
and skill of our family physician,
we may be excused if, in matter
of life and death, we call in second
doctor for a consultation, and in
such strait it is not to be won
dered at that P'ang should repair
to another source to make sure that
there was no mistake. To the fair
Peachblossom he went, a young
lady who had acquired some repu-
tatiOn as a sOrceress, and to the
tender feminine heart unfOlded the
story of his woe. Her divination
Welded tho same result as Chaos ;
in six days P'ang should die, unless
by the exercise of her magical pow
ers she could avert the catastrophe.
Her efforts were successful, and on
the seventh day great was Chaos
astonishment, and still greater his
modification and rage, when he met
P'ang taking his evening stroll, and
learned that there lived a greater
magician than he. The story would
soon get about, and unless he could
nut an end to his fair rivals exist
ence, his reputation would be ru'
ined. And this is how ChaO plot
ted against the life of Peachblos
som. He set a go-between to Peach
blossoms parents to inquire If theil
daughter was still unmarried, and
receiving a reply in the affirmative
he befooled the simple parents into
believing that he had a son who
was seeking wife, and ultimatelj
he induced them to engage Peach
blossom to him in marriage. The
marriage cards were duly inter
changed but the crafty Chao hao
chosen the most unlucky day n
could select for the wedding, th'
day when the "Golden Pheasant
was in the ascendent. Surely a
the bride entered the red chair tn
spirit bird would destroy her will
his powerful beak. But the wise
Peachblossom knew all these thing
and feared not. Il will CO." sh.
said; II will fight and defeat him.
When the wedding morning cam
she gave directions to have ric'
thrown out at the door, which tn
spirit bird seeing made haste to de
YOUR, and while his attention wa
thus occupied Peachblossom step
ped into her bridal chair and passes
on her way unharmed. And nov
the ingenious reader knows Why b
throws rice after the bride.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01

absorption of nicotine goes on from
generation to generation, the sons
of smokers are not able to consume
so much tobacco as the children Of
non smokers. Oddly enough, the
diminution of consumption is only
in smoking tobacco, while as much
snuff is sold as formerly. The enor-
nous sum of SO,OOO,OO0 francs is
annually spent in snuff Where
the snuff takers live is an enigma.
In Paris, at all events, the habit, if
one may judge from ones own ex-
perience, is unknown.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01

A Deadwood special says: One
of the neatest modes of procedure
ever adopted for stealing from a
pold-mill was told to-day by an en-
ploye of the Homestake Company.
One of the hands employed had a
habit, while working about the
plates, of hitching up his Panta.
looms, and it finally developed that
every time he ''hitched" he dropped
a small quantity of amalgam down
inside his undergarments, which
were tied tight about his ankles.
His method of securing the ANAL
gam was to scrape with his thumb
nail a quantity from the plates
whenever he could do so without
being noticed, and at the first op-
nortunity "hitch" and dropit where
+ would be secure. Several dollars
worth could be secured each day
in this manner. His little game
was finally discovered, but he es'
caped without being punished.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowi-
edged to be the sole representative OF the
Great Upper Wood River and Sawtooth
mining regions, and, located as 1t is In the
very heart Of the most promising mining
country on the face of the earth, and leav-
ing nothing undone tn present its readers
developments, as well rs matters Of local
importance in the growth of kctchun, tho
future metropolis OF Idaho, it is an invalua-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler Of every craft and position Sub
scribe for it, read it, and let your friends
read what may benefit them.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01
of the Great Upper Wood River Mining Region.

finishing up her work. After the
rumble a gridiron falling to the
floor had subsided I heard the fol-
lowing dialogue:
"No, Mickey. No, you cannot"
"Ah, Maggie, dear, gi'me one kiss
from those sweet lips"
Mickey" replied Margaret in
stern voice, "you must own the
bowl before you claim the sugar"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01
s'uhklNG " CLASSES ATTENTIONS!

NH emrlo NV prepared to furnish all classes
sne. cr ro!nent at home, the whole of the
lev. iipb, % .neir spare moments. Business
sI easlr anu profitable. Persons of either
fleming "a Earn from 80 cents 70 s.. per
ies all snu proportional sum by devot-
nrb earn ume TO the business. Bows and
sho see ,h;e nearly as much AS men. That all
-st the bs bns; may send their address. and
Seh as a'.hess. ~ We make this offer. To
nsdoDsr !. not well satisfied we will send
'ull pars;,1 M 20 pay for the trouble of writing.
GIokcr Is.lars and outfit free. Address
''iSsoS Co.. Portland, Maine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01

Captain Leroy, late leader of the
salvation army in st. Paul, we'll
known as "Happy Harry" and a
vigorous exhorter and tamborine
player, has given up evangelizing,
and now is a waiter in a variety
theatre in Chicago. He serves beer
with great skill, and says that there
is more money in that work than
trying to convert folks.
A country clergyman was boast
ing of having been educated at two
colleges. "You remind me-" said
an aged divine, "of an instance l
know of a calf that sucked two
cows" "What was the conse-
quence?" asked third person
iWhy, sir" replied the old gentle
man very gravely, "the consequences
was that he was very great calf!
Little boy" said a country min
lister, who was on his way to church,
"what do you suppose your father
would say if he should find you
here fishing on the Sabbath day?"
"He would ask me wot luck was
havin'."
A man may scoff at religion and
laugh at the pleadinSs of a revival
list, but it takes but very slight
cold to bring him to his sneeze.
She-Freddie, how often have 1
told you not to play with your SOL
diers on Sunday? He-Yes, but
mamma, this is religious war.
It is a sweet, revengeful thought
that when walters sit down to eat
they have to be waited on by some
of the other walters.
The devil will play his last card
on judgment day, but Gabriel will
trumpet.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01

There were about half a dozen of
them and they had been off sOme-
where i'm the country. They were
all piled in a wagon, and as they
passed one of the numerous cot
tages pretty woman accidentally
turned a white handkerchief loose.
There were six handkerchiefs wav-
ing wildly in the breeze in one in
slant.
"By Jove, she's pretty! wonder
who she is. That was meant for
me-"
at wasn't. 1t was meant for
me-" said everybody but a little old
man sitting on the bottom of the
wagon hidden from view.
"Well," he said, "I'll bet it was
not meant for me-"
"Why?"
Because that is my wife"
And a dead silence fell on the
picnic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01

in the place. A few traces remained
of an old hurdygurdy house, and
some saloons with names like "The
Miners Palace" "Last Chance"
"GOld Gulch."
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-10-01

A bad oath is better broken than
kept.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-20
BROOKLYN.

Mrs Clara Wellington OF No. 146 BcdfOrl.ave. was
yesterday charge OF bgamy in marrying John
Morrs No 22l HOwar1.ave, October H. 1885, when
she lawful wife OF Henry Wellington. She had left
court with her yesterday She declares that wbo
Wang ton serving term In the Penitentary Morris
proposed 10 her TO poison Wellington after he released
with strychnine Morris that
him recently that wished Wellington would die, that
che could to him. Wellington denies that he
offered 10 trade his wife to Morris
On April % the 81 Battery will give Calling and How.
iHer d followed by reception IN the aInoIy Dean-st,
Westinghouse.
Michael Keenan, employo the works Of the Eagcton
Monday atcrn He getting some wire out OF
with hot and vtriol when he made missep
fell backward into similar vat filled with the
liquids lie burned abon all the exposed portions OF the
his home No. los King but died In short time
from hs injuries He was twenty nine years old and left
wife ana two children
The Rev Benjamin stanton formerly Of the Fort Greene
Church asked the Brooklyn Presbytery
dismiss him the Presbyery Of Los Angeles CAL where 10
has settled Tho matter has been referred TO committee TO
when his the Il. Pritcll
ard, will be installed IN the Fort Greene Church
Joseph McFaddcn arrested yesterday for bgamy
marrying Mary Larkn in 1892 and Mary Kelly In 1884, His
second wife also arrested for she knew
10 be married.
The Mount Olivet Chapel. Evergreenave and Trout.
which has been mission OF the Throop Avenue Pres
tonight The Rev. J. " W. bchenck Is in charge OF
the enterprise which has nineysI members and an edce
worth SG.sG0
The centennial anniversary OF ST. AIMS Protestant Eps
Church viii be celebrated Saturday Tho clergy and
yestries the
John and r. F. Alsop the rector of the church. Will de-
liver